Dream
Experiencers struggle to integrate dreamlike encounters into daily life, feeling changed but unsure why.
Mack, J. E. (1994). Abduction: Human Encounters with Aliens.
AftereffectDreamlike ResidueIntegrationShift
Dream
Abductees confront overwhelming emotion in states that resemble vivid dreams more than coherent memories.
Mack, J. E. (1994). Abduction: Human Encounters with Aliens.
DreamlikeOverwhelmTrauma
Dream
Beings sometimes explain telepathically that forgetting is for the experiencer’s protection.
Mack, J. E. (1994). Abduction: Human Encounters with Aliens.
DirectiveMemory BlockProtectionTelepathy
Dream
Experiencers feel deeply connected to the beings even while fearing them, a paradox typical of dream logic.
Mack, J. E. (1994). Abduction: Human Encounters with Aliens.
AllianceAmbivalenceConnectionFear
Dream
Abductees enter altered states where memories surface in dreamlike fragments with strong emotion.
Mack, J. E. (1994). Abduction: Human Encounters with Aliens.
RelaxationSymbolicTrance
Dream
A child is returned after an encounter and told to run down a path as if waking from a dream.
Mack, J. E. (1994). Abduction: Human Encounters with Aliens.
ChildGray BeingPathReturn
Dream
Experiencers describe beings telepathically instructing them not to remember the encounter.
Mack, J. E. (1994). Abduction: Human Encounters with Aliens.
AuthorityDirectiveMemory BlockTelepathy
Dream
An experiencer describes lying immobile in a cubicle while a beam of light scans the body.
Mack, J. E. (1994). Abduction: Human Encounters with Aliens.
CubicleExaminationImmobilityLight Beam
Dream
Abductees report dreamlike episodes of paralysis accompanied by a sense that alien beings suppress memory.
Mack, J. E. (1994). Abduction: Human Encounters with Aliens.
Memory SuppressionParalysiTelepathy
Dream
A young boy recalls being taken from a clearing by gray beings into a saucer, immobilized, and exposed to laserlike light.
Mack, J. E. (1994). Abduction: Human Encounters with Aliens.
ChildhoodClearingCraftGray BeingLaser Light
Dream
Experiencers describe returning from encounters with a lingering dreamlike awe that reshapes worldview.
Mack, J. E. (1999). Passport to the Cosmos: Human Transformation and Alien Encounters.
AweCosmicTransformation
Dream
Experiencers find that asking beings questions triggers shifting dreamlike realities.
Mack, J. E. (1999). Passport to the Cosmos: Human Transformation and Alien Encounters.
LucidQuestioningReforming RealitySymbolic
Dream
Some experiencers enter dreamlike states where emotion overwhelms imagery during recall.
Mack, J. E. (1999). Passport to the Cosmos: Human Transformation and Alien Encounters.
RecallSymbolic
Dream
Karin awakens with intense panic as the being allows her to open her eyes, merging dream fear with waking shock.
Mack, J. E. (1999). Passport to the Cosmos: Human Transformation and Alien Encounters.
AwakeningPanicPerceptual Control
Dream
An experiencer senses a being at the end of the bed, entering a dreamlike paralysis state.
Mack, J. E. (1999). Passport to the Cosmos: Human Transformation and Alien Encounters.
Bed EndFearParalysiPresence
Dream
Jean discovers her nightgown inside-out after her encounter, producing a surreal dreamlike confusion.
Mack, J. E. (1999). Passport to the Cosmos: Human Transformation and Alien Encounters.
AnomalyDreamlikeNightgown
Dream
Jean remembers floating through her window back into bed after her nighttime encounter.
Mack, J. E. (1999). Passport to the Cosmos: Human Transformation and Alien Encounters.
FloatingObeTransitionWindow Return
Dream
Jean recalls walking through woods and across a bridge with a being, in a dreamlike state of intimacy and unreality.
Mack, J. E. (1999). Passport to the Cosmos: Human Transformation and Alien Encounters.
BridgeFieldIntimacyWood Walk
Dream
Karin experiences a visionary encounter where she feels aligned with a creative force beyond ordinary selfhood.
Mack, J. E. (1999). Passport to the Cosmos: Human Transformation and Alien Encounters.
CreationHigher SelfTranspersonal
Dream
Karin awakens to a figure stepping onto her bed, creating a dreamlike confrontation with a buglike being.
Mack, J. E. (1999). Passport to the Cosmos: Human Transformation and Alien Encounters.
Bedside VisitorHybrid StateInsect BeingNight Terror